Tag archive for Amy Adams

Politicians in England and the US have an enlightened attitude to rural broadband provisioning that is demonstrably absent from politicians in this country. The English are pushing for productivity to grow faster in their countryside than in urban areas. They see rural economic opportunities increasing…

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Almost lost amidst the ructions of the continuing ‘Dirty Politics’ epic, were a pair of announcements by government minister Amy Adams that will impact rural people and businesses. Curiously, each announcement was made with Ms Adams wearing a different hat. Last week, in the name…

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The auction of the 700 MHz ‘digital dividend’ spectrum rights was completed in June, 14 months after the sale process commenced. This month, the purchasers have announced their plans to roll out new services based on that spectrum. The digital dividend band became available when…

What is it we consider when signing up for new broadband services? For many, price will be number one. This can be confusing because it is not always clear that we are comparing services on a like for like basis. Does a $75 plan from…

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What a fiasco the issue of copper-based broadband pricing has become. For two years, Chorus and the government have known that the regulated price that Chorus can charge for wholesale copper-based broadband would be reviewed and most likely fall. When the inevitable happened, Chorus’ cried…

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With Chorus’ going on the offensive and the government kicking for touch over broadband pricing in the past week, a quote in my recent reading struck a chord with me. “Building a Gig community is 10 percent technology and 90 percent sociology.” This is so…

Of the three major issues presently bugging our telecommunications industry, two have reached resolutions that offer good news for rural people and businesses. First is the auction of the 700MHz spectrum that becomes available for re-purposing when our analogue TV network closes down at the…

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So the ‘Digital Dividend’ did not, in the end, produce a dividend. Three blocks of spectrum each to Telecom and Vodafone but only two to 2Degrees. Leaving on block unallocated. The auction receipts, $176 million, exactly matched the the cost of clearing the 700…

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As New Zealand awaits the political determination of two key telecommunications issues this week, the 2013 Broadband World Forum has just concluded in Amsterdam. The difference in the attitudes, actions and forward thinking that the Europeans displayed compared to our own government’s, was pronounced. In…

The auction process for the allocation of the ‘digital dividend’ 700MHz spectrum is expected to kick off on Labour Day. In a $200 million dollar plus process, there is much at stake for all parties. It is important for those rural people who rely on…